How to Write Short Word Craft for Fast Times |
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Author:
| Clark, Roy Peter |
ISBN: | 978-0-316-20435-4 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
Publisher: | Little Brown & Company
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $20.00 |
Book Description:
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America's most influential writing teacher offers an engaging and practical guide to effective short-form writing. In
How to Write Short, Roy Peter Clark turns his attention to the art of painting a thousand pictures with just a few words. Short forms of writing have always existed-from ship logs and telegrams to prayers and haikus. But in this ever-changing Internet age, short-form writing has become an essential skill. Clark covers how to...
More Description America's most influential writing teacher offers an engaging and practical guide to effective short-form writing.
In How to Write Short, Roy Peter Clark turns his attention to the art of painting a thousand pictures with just a few words. Short forms of writing have always existed-from ship logs and telegrams to prayers and haikus. But in this ever-changing Internet age, short-form writing has become an essential skill.
Clark covers how to write effective and powerful titles, headlines, essays, sales pitches, Tweets, letters, and even self-descriptions for online dating services. With examples from the long tradition of short-form writing in Western culture, How to Write Short guides writers to crafting brilliant prose, even in 140 characters.